A young dancer, her security-guard boyfriend and others work at World Park, a bizarre cross-pollination of Las Vegas and Epcot Center where visitors can interact with famous international monuments without ever leaving the Beijing suburbs.
The World has a lot to say and is not in any unholy rush to say it.
– Kenneth Turan,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Aug 2005
fresh:
It has a romantic power that seeps into your bones, with its languid rhythms, general plotlessness, and fierce attention to surreal detail.
– Wesley Morris,
Boston Globe,
26 Aug 2005
fresh:
Its rewards come with patience and concentration.
– Tom Keogh,
Seattle Times,
9 Sep 2005
fresh:
It's a heartbreaking, beautiful movie that gains strength from its deep characterizations.
– G. Allen Johnson,
San Francisco Chronicle,
16 Sep 2005
rotten:
A tonally flat experience. The movie's highs and lows are modulated to the point where nothing moves you or touches you in these lives of not-desperate-enough desperation.